Base-supported railway-rail joint



A. JOHNSENJ BASE SUPPORTED'RAILWAY RAIL JOINT. APPLICATION FILED/NOV: 2, 1920- 1,400,291, Patented Dec. 13, 1921.

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e it known that I, ARTHUR JoHNsnN, a subject of the liing of ing at the city of Saskatoon, in 0 provement 1n Base-Supported Railway-Rail of which the following is a specifica- My invention relates to improvements in a ase supported railw, y rail joint, which is c ass in which the splice bars are drawn tightly against the rail by means of the rail joint base. simple, strong and durable b supported railway rail joint is of such nature that it will hold the splice t e rail means of the rail joint base when bolts which pass through the splice bars and the rails have worked loose.

I attain tlIlIGSB objects by the methods illustrate in t e accompanying drawings, in wh' a and ese grooves upper edges as sh taining the wedge shaped angle fish or joint plates (3 and (Z in their correct position. vertical flanges passing therethrough, and through corresponding lugs 05 and d formed 011 the angle joint plates o and d as shown in Figs. 1

aving been position on the base plate 6, the aped angle plates at and d are placed in their grooves and forced forward by cramping the two rails rigidly to- Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed November 2, 1920. Serial No.

ADA, ASSIGNOR or FORTY- JOHN ALEXANDER MACDONALD, 0F DRUMHELLER, ALBERTA, BASE-SUPPORTED RAILWAY-RAIL JOINT.

Patented Dec.

gether as if held in a vise. permanently and rigidly locked together by tightening up the bolt and made doubly secure by the insertion of the usual fish f and f 2 and f prior to my invention, splice bars were drawn tightly to the rail by means of bolts passing through the splice ars and the rai I therefore do not claim such combination broadly; but

What I do claim as my invention and sire to secure protection by Patent, is

In a rail joint, a base plate having a recess with longitudinally converging walls and bolt lugs, a pair of splice bars engaging flaring outwardly at their lower ends over the rail base into said recess and formed to wedge between said walls and said rails and having bolt lugs and bolts through dc means of Letters converging walls for wedging operation and bolt ugs at each side at the outer end, rails having their ends meet on said plate between said walls, splice bars having lower ends coacting ing themselves to tl e outer said splice bars and rails together olts and nuts assisting wed in and holding fast the b n a rail joint, a base recess with longitudinally converging undercut walls and l onton,

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